November 6, 2014 Obesity is a major health program across the world. Many foods/ingredients are advocated for their effects on body composition but few have consistent scientific support for their efficacy. In this study, moderately overweight Chinese subjects consumed 2 servings of either a low, medium or high concentration of Catechins/green tea. Total body intra-abdominal…
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November 5, 2014 This PubMed study looked at the relationship of low vitamin D and adiosity (fat) in Hispanics and African American’s (minority populations). The population included 917 Hispanics and 439 African American’s. The adipose tissue and Vitamin D was measured initially and then again 5 years later. Low vitamin D was still associated with…
Read MoreNovember 4, 2014 Proton pump inhibitors (PPI) can lower blood magnesium. This has been recognized since 2006. Two men and two women using a PPI developed severely lowered magnesium levels, lowered calcium, relative hypoparathyroidism and extremely low urinary calcium / magnesium. One had brain injury due to low oxygen probably due to a collapse after…
Read MoreOctober 24, 2014 Testosterone is one of the most potent anabolic hormones and its biological effects include promotion of muscle growth. Resistance exercise can increase testosterone production in men and women. The resistance exercise session should contain high volume and metabolic demand to induce an acute testosterone response. This was in the Journal of Sports…
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October 24, 2014 In the Journal of Lancet: this article stated that combined oral contraceptives are classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as a cause of cervical cancer. 24 studies worldwide were pooled to investigate the association between cervical carcinoma and a pattern of oral contraceptive use. The relative risk of cervical…
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October 23, 2014 An adjuvant is a substance that enhances the antigen-specific immune response which induces the release of inflammatory cytokines. This then stimulates the innate or internal immune response. The activation of the immune system by adjuvants/substances in the vaccine that could trigger manifestations of autoimmunity or autoimmune disease. Recently a new syndrome was…
Read MoreOctober 23, 2014 Here is another interesting article that shows the benefits of curcumin after a heart attack and subsequent open heart surgery. Cardioprotective therapies to limit cardiac muscle tissue injury after open heart surgery are lacking. This study demonstrated that curcuminoids significantly decreased heart attacks (MI) associated with open heart surgery. The antioxidant and…
Read MoreOctober 22, 2014 Alzheimer’s is now thought to be an inflammatory process. Curcuminoids or curcumin are known to have anti-inflammatory properties. In an article in Pubmed it explains the interesting relationship of curcumin and Vitamin D3 as an immune therapy treatment. In summary, Curcumin and Vitamin D will assist in cleaning up debris in the brain…
Read MoreSeptember 26, 2014 On Tuesday of this week, Joe and I had the privilege to be on KDKA’s Mind Body and Soul with Nan Cohen and Robert Mangino. We enjoyed introducing ourselves to a new audience and thought you might enjoy listening to the show. Here is the link for the show: Mind Body and…
Read MoreBuffered Vitamin C can actually do hundreds of activities in the body — not simply one or two things. First, you have to make sure your Vitamin C is Buffered, which means it is pH neutral. You do not want to have a Vitamin C that is acid based. We already do enough to acidify…
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